This case study focuses on an unusual organization that has been set up for a specific purpose: to organize against injustices such as the following.

Those who stay in expensive hotel rooms and leave a disgusting mess behind can spend £500 a night; those who clean it up can work six days a week and yet take home less than £200. This reflects the yawning gap between rich and poor in Britain.

An organization has been set up to revolt and organize against injustices such as these. It is a registered charity called the Citizen Organizing Foundation and has been operating for about 10 years. It brings together religious and community groups, schools, students’ unions, and trade unions into local alliances. It aims to create networks of competent, informed, and organized citizens to influence, for the common good, decisions that impact on their community. It starts with community matters, such as clean and safe streets, and then goes on to build other campaigns. Priorities are determined democratically. One of the Foundation’s biggest triumphs has related to pay among cleaners in London. In the Midlands, where many members are Muslims, it has carried out cultural awareness training with the police.

Question

Do organizations such as this appeal to you? If yes, why If no, why not?